Don Nickles: “I do not doubt--as a matter of fact, I think I know probably almost as well as anybody on this floor--that we have very…”

“I do not doubt--as a matter of fact, I think I know probably almost as well as anybody on this floor--that we have very significant problems in the Indian community. Welfare is part of it. It may be part of the problem. I am not sure that doubling the money going into AFDC for Indian tribes will solve that problem. It would provide greater cash assistance, no doubt. But I do not think that is necessarily right. If they have 1.5 percent of the population, we will say they get 3 percent of the money--that is not going to make their problems go away. If I really thought that would make their problems go away, I might support the amendment. We have lots and lots of problems on reservations and in the Indian community, but I do not think just by increasing cash payments, that that is a solution. I think the solution is in the Dole bill. I urge our colleagues to vote no on the Daschle amendment.”